Possible to store session data in RAM only?

[sneakyimp]

It's my understanding that, by default, PHP will create temporary files to store session data. You can change this default behavior to use a database using something like [man]session_set_save_handler[/man] but I don't really see any way to avoid disk activity and just store it in RAM instead. Is this possible?

[bradgrafelman]

Use a database engine that stores its tables in RAM only.

[sneakyimp]

Ah yes the old RAM tables.

[NogDog]

You might be able to do something with [man]memcache[/man]. I've never used it, so you now know at least as much about it as I do.

[sneakyimp]

Thanks for that tip, nogdog. Someone mentioned that very thing to me the other day. I'll be looking into it.